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  *在* | 在* | *在
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
HSK 1
to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家)
HSK 1
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
HSK 4
to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about
HSK 4
(included) in it / among them
HSK 5
to be present; to be on the scene
HSK 5
online
HSK 7-9
to care about / to mind
HSK 7-9
to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job
HSK 7-9
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
ahead / formerly / in the past
hereto / here
to be at one's post
under / myself (humble)
near at hand / imminent / within sight
under construction
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
to be alive
(attributive) to be enrolled in a school (or university etc)
to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
to be at large (of a criminal)
to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff
within view; visible / (fig.) in the offing; around the corner; soon to materialize
outer / excluded
to be unavoidable (idiom)
to be on the throne; to reign / to hold a particular leadership position
in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
to be out of (political) office / to be out of power
reasonable / sensible
to be present
(fig.) to hold in one's hands / to be within grasp
soul and spirit of the deceased
not to refuse to (idiom) / not to hesitate to
to come first / previous / prior / beforehand / first / formerly
in Taiwan (used attributively)
(Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē])
together
before that / beforehand / previously
during time / in this time
underneath
outdoors
in my opinion
after this / afterwards / next
within China / during one's visit to China
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
opposition party
deeply
aloft
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
pendente lite / during litigation
on-the-job training
before then / up until that point
reign (of a king, emperor etc)
(Tw) long-grained non-glutinous rice
at the critical moment; in the nick of time
underground
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
behind
in my opinion / in my view
irrespective of / to have no concerns whatsoever about
alongside / nearby
at gunpoint
meanwhile / at the same time
after this / from then on
to be studying (at a school or research institute)
to possess / to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit)


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